'Militiaman' Occupying Oregon Wildlife Refuge is a Convicted Murderer — Says He Can Still Legally Carry a Gun (Video)

The level of garbage among the "militiamen" who are hiding behind The Constitution and squatting on the wildlife refuge in Oregon is absolutely stunning.

Neil Sigurd Wampler: The convicted murderer pleaded "not guilty by reason of insanity" at his trial. So we have a gun-packing mad man among the squatters at the Oregon wildlife refuge.

By David Edwards
Seil Sigurd Wampler, one of the militants who joined the armed occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge early on, insisted that he is allowed to carry a firearm — even though he was convicted of murdering his father.

An investigation by The Oregonian revealed this week that Wampler, 68, had been convicted of second-degree murder in 1977, when he was 29.

According to police reports, Wampler hit his father in the head with a 16-inch rod, and then hitchhiked to a liquor store, where he called police to confess. He later pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and was sentenced to five years in prison. He was released in 1981.

Although Wampler denied to the paper that he was the murderer, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Tony Cipolla confirmed that the militant in question was Wampler after watching a YouTube video recorded at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Cipolla noted that Wampler’s murder conviction prohibits him from having a firearm. Wampler, however, insisted that he could legally carry a gun.